A new community pharmacy flu vaccine service finder will go live onto the NHS website service finder webpage during mid-December 2020. This tool within the NHS website will allow patients to find local pharmacies that provide the NHS commissioned service and check their eligibility.

With more patients using online services due to COVID-19, it is important to keep the information on your NHS website pharmacy profile up-to-date.

Your NHS website profile displays whether your pharmacy can offer the flu vaccine this year. You should update your profile if you can no longer offer the service, e.g. because the stocks within your pharmacy become exhausted.

Registered profile editors will receive an email confirming the launch of the tool.

Top tip: Updating your profile. To update your NHS website pharmacy profile, go to nhs.uk, click the ‘Profile editor login’  option available within the footer of every webpage, enter your pharmacy login details and change the flu vaccine availability setting. If you are providing the NHS service, add ‘Seasonal flu vaccination service (at risk groups)’ to your profile. If you are not offering the vaccine, you should remove the service from your profile. You should also do this if you would prefer not to appear in search results or if you are temporarily unable to provide the vaccine to patients.

Further information

NHS website